Shloka 351

Adhyāya 353 — Kathā-prāmāṇya (Authority of Transmission) and the Brāhmaṇa’s Ascetic Resolve

Devanagari script

इति श्रीमहाभारते शान्तिपर्वणि मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि नारायणीयसमाप्तौ एकपज्चाशदधिकत्रिशततमो<5 ध्याय:

Transliteration

iti śrīmahābhārate śāntiparvaṇi mokṣadharmaparvaṇi nārāyaṇīyasamāptau ekapañcāśadadhikatrizatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ |

Translation

ဤသို့ဖြင့် သီရိမဟာဘာရတ၌၊ ရှာန္တိပရဝအတွင်းရှိ မောက္ခဓမ္မပိုင်း၌၊ နာရာယဏ၏ မဟာဂုဏ်တော်ကို ဖော်ပြသော «နာရာယဏီယ» သင်္ခန်းစာသည် ဤနေရာတွင် အဆုံးသတ်သည်။ ဤသည်မှာ နာရာယဏ၏ ဂုဏ်တော်နှင့် လွတ်မြောက်ခြင်း၏ အဓိပ္ပါယ်ကို အနှုတ်ချုပ်ပိတ်သိမ်းသည့် အခန်း ၃၅၁ အဆုံးဖြစ်၏။

Word by Word

• इति: thus; end-quote marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• श्रीमहाभारते: in the auspicious Mahabharata
• श्रीमहाभारते: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीमहाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• शान्तिपर्वणि: in the Shanti Parva
• शान्तिपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: in the Mokshadharma section
• मोक्षधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्षधर्मपर्वन्
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• नारायणीयसमाप्तौ: at the conclusion of the Narayaniya
• नारायणीयसमाप्तौ: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारायणीयसमाप्ति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• एकपञ्चाशत्: fifty-one
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकपञ्चाशत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अधिक: additional; over and above
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्रिशततमः: three-hundredth
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिशततम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

पितामह उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Śānti Parva
• Mokṣa-dharma Parva
• Nārāyaṇa
• Nārāyaṇīya

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

This is a colophon marking the completion of the Nārāyaṇīya within Mokṣa-dharma: it underscores that contemplation of Nārāyaṇa’s greatness and the associated dharma is presented as spiritually liberating and ethically grounding.

What is happening in the narrative?

The text signals the formal end of a chapter/section: within Śānti Parva’s Mokṣa-dharma portion, the Nārāyaṇīya discourse has concluded, and the chapter count is stated.